Intensive Reading: Getting Your Students To See the Forest as Well as the Trees.

Zhenyu, Zhang

Forum, v35 n1 Jan-Mar 1997

Discusses two compulsory reading courses offered simultaneously for English language majors in China: Intensive reading (IR) and extensive reading (ER). Discusses how the role of IR has been challenged over the last two decades. Suggests that IR is still a valuable approach but that teachers need to revise their methods and procedures. (Author/VWL)